Mom's Weekly Archives

Do you respond to other people’s needs at the expense of your own? Stop the chaos, and live with proper boundaries.

While I know the gift of motherhood is only mine for a season, I still feel powerless against the breakneck speed of childhood.

Our daughters watch us, look to us for what they need, and often imitate both our weaknesses and our strengths.

Young girls swoon today over One Direction. What if I told you that you could have that kind of influence in your daughter's life?

God places babies between our arms and beneath our hearts, and we cradle them safely there, but soon the letting go begins.

If I could just have it all together, life would be so much better! I find myself asking God “Will I ever have it all together?”

Looking for the quick fix to your greatest challenge? You won’t find that here. But I do have some suggestions for success.

We spend so much time worrying about tomorrow instead of living and enjoying today. Worry never changes our situation.

When you rely on God through prayer, His strength will empower you and flow through your life into your children’s lives.

Pre-child, my parenting plan was: Take Care of Child = Child Will Love Me = Lovely Life. Boy did that turn out different.

I’m a gentile woman, born outside the ancient covenant Yahweh made with the Hebrew nation. But glory be, for God wanted me too.

What I’m about to propose might border on heresy, but here goes: I think moms are too unselfish sometimes.

Have we traded one idol for another? Have we swapped out the empowered feminist for the domestic goddess?

"I wish someone had told me just to be myself. I am a people-pleaser, so being a pastor's wife was a burden early in our ministry."

Every day is a gift from God that’s full of opportunities. Don’t let another day go by without enjoying your God-given purpose.